Consultants bounce back from recession

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Britain’s management consulting industry has bounced back strongly from the recession amid a surge in demand from clients in financial services and manufacturing.

Billings jumped 6 per cent in the first six months of the year, after falling 2 per cent in the same period last year, according to figures from the Management Consultancies Association.

Alan Leaman, chief executive of the MCA, said: “This is a successful start to the year for the consulting industry and firms are reasonably confident growth will continue through the second half.” However, he warned that the recovery could be threatened by cuts in public